Romance of a Horsethief
Seen it?1971 | 101 min | Adventure, Drama
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for adventure fans. If you loved News of the World or True Grit, start here.
- The mood
- Exciting.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 41 min.
- What might put you off
- Made in 1971: an older pace and style.
Since time immemorial, the simple-minded boisterous people of Malava, a small Polish town near the border of imperial Russia, have lived on horse-stealing, horse-trading and horse-smuggling. Life changes abruptly when a Russian garrison, commanded by Captain Stoloff, occupies the town and, in the name of the Czar, requisitions all the horses for the Russian-Japanese War. With no more horses to steal, Kifke cannot afford to marry Estusha and all the young men in the village are likely to be incorporated into the Russian army. This state of affairs cannot continue and Zavill will take care of things.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 3K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Abraham Polonsky
- Yul BrynnerCaptain Stoloff
- Eli WallachKifke
- Jane BirkinNaomi
- Lainie KazanEstusha
- David OpatoshuSchloime Kradnik
- Serge GainsbourgSigmund
- Henri SerreMendel (as Henri Sera)
- Linda VerasCountess Grabowsky
- Marilù ToloManka
- Branko PlešaLt. Vishinsky